Pasture Lands Survey Led by Saskatchewan Professor
The Dominion government named Dr. L. E. Kirk of the University of Saskatchewan as Dominion Agrostologist to oversee a complete survey of Canadian pastures. He will lead experiments to identify best grasses to boost cattle production as western farming shifts from grain. Kirk, raised near Hazenmore, is a Saskatoon professor with degrees from Saskatchewan and Minnesota and has worked on developing new clover and grass varieties.
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Saskatchewan University
Canada
L. E. Kirk
University of Saskatchewan
Dominion
House of Commons
Robert Weir
Weir
Kirka
Ottawa
West
Kirk
Saskatoon
Dominion of Canada
Hazenmore
Regina
University of Minnesota
Downward Tariff Revisions Aimed at Motor Track Competition
Railway express firms plan broad tariff cuts after Ottawa- filed schedules show reduced rates. A nationwide survey continues as express companies probe patronage, seeking to regain shipper favor. Responding, railways and carriers cut prices under the Railways Act with three days notice.
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Board of Railway Commissioners
Ottawa
Railway Commission
Commission
Travelling in Russia becomes adventurous despite many wrecks
The Wall Street Journal notes 1930 Russian rail travel is seen as an adventure with over fifteen thousand breakdowns. Tickets require long waits and timing at windows for even or odd dates, risking a wasted trip. A cubic foot of water holds 71 gallons and weighs 621 pounds. hurricanes typically originate from the region.
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Soviet Union
Wall Street Journal
Character and race compared in Natal daily view
Lord Willingdon argues character, not colour, defines a man. The Daily Advertiser Natal notes the flaw in judging virtue by skin colour, insisting true worth comes from the soul regardless of race.
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Lord Willingdon
Daily Advertiser
Natal
Mining at Great Bear Lake Expands Eldorado Operations
Mining work on the Eldorado properties at Great Bear Lake aims to broaden operations. Two Pitchblende occurrences show lengths of 3,700 feet and 2,000 feet with veins about 10 feet wide. Pitchblende averages two feet and ten inches in the two sites. Silver shows to the south extend roughly 12,000 feet with native silver in some sections.
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Eldorado
Great Bear Lake
Toronto
Bible guidance in Elizabethan days and today
Lord Dawson of Penn, speaking at Cheltenham College Speech Day, contrasted Elizabethan readers who had few books yet mastered the Bible with modern times, noting that many books exist but Bible knowledge is weaker, making its guidance less explicit.
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Lord Dawson
Penn
Cheltenham College
New Earthquake Alarm Demonstrated in Argentina
An Argentine inventor tested a bedside earthquake alert in San Juan that reportedly wakes sleepers by turning on lights and ringing a bell at first tremor. The device triggered its function by shaking walls with a flashpowder explosion during the demonstration.
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San Uan
Argentina
Record of Performance for poultry boosts farmer breeding
The Record of Performance offers farmers a production recording system for poultry. Ottawa provides leg bands, report forms, and inspector support. Breeders send weekly official copies, with monthly checks and visits to verify records and improve breeding practices.
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Ottawa
R.O.P
San Spots and Furs Debate at Canadian Conference
At the Canadian Biological Conference in Matameck Quebec Charles Elton of Oxford presented a paper based on Hudson's Bay Company records. He linked ten year cycles of fur abundance to a guiding unknown force and possibly climate. Dr Huntingdon of Yale suggested temperature and pressure peaks move from the Canadian northwest across North America, implicating the solar cycle as a foundation for many cycles.
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Matameck
Quebec
Charles Elton
Oxford
England
Hudson's Bay Company
Huntingdon
Yale
Canadian Northwest
North America
Push Button System Feeds Boilers in New York Hotel
A four story New York hotel uses a push button automatic coal feeding system. Operators activate exact amounts from bunkers to maintain proper fire heat in pulverized coal boilers. A playful exchange follows about the awkward situation.
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New York
Pattern No Size Town Austria Launches Growth Program
Pattern No Size Town Austria has launched a program to boost agricultural production. The initiative aims to enhance yields, support farmers, and promote rural development through new policies and incentives.
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Austria
CP Electromotive Car Rolls Out of Winnipeg
The Canadian Pacific Railway launches its electro-motive car No. 48 on its Arborg Manitoba sub-division the first of two gas electric self propelling cars for western lines. It seats 56 including a smoking compartment, ranges 100 miles at 30 mph, and can run 60 miles at full power. The car carries a 17 foot baggage and express section and an engine room, and will pull two or three trailers. C.W. Lister pilots the first train orders, handed by R.A. Gamble as E.D. Cotterell, R.M. Pyne, and others observe the departure. J.D. Muir stands at the engine room door.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Arborg, Man
Weyburn
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
C. W. Lister
R. A. Gamble
E. D. Cotterell
Manitoba
Centre
R. M. Pyne
Motive Power
J. D. Muir
Pmmitive Power
United States Proposals For A Yearly War Debt Holiday
Land care notes advise farmers to leave crusted soil intact until September 10 to curb pale western cutworms. Rainy conditions reduce egg laying and protect future crops. fall rye may be sown in nonseverely affected areas. Separately, international experts in London outline a ten year repayment plan from 1933 to 1943 for suspended war debts under the Young plan, with annual installments of about 29 million dollars and new banking arrangements. Belgium and Germany settle postwar asset questions, while Bulgaria and Jugoslavia face ongoing negotiations.
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H. Vigor
United States
Conference of Financial Experts
London
Foreign Office
Protocol
Bank For International Settlements
Belgium
Germany
Bulgaria
Jugo- Slavia
Bank of International Settlements
Japan Exports Rice to China After Surplus Rise
Japan, densely populated and mountainous, has begun exporting rice to China for the first time in years. Since 1929 improved cultivation and heavy fertilizer use lifted Japan from import needs to surplus production, with government policy driving intensive farming and vast fertilizer consumption.
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Japan
China
Hong Kong
Praise For New Treaty Between Canada and Australia
The Royal Bank of Canada notes in its August letter that a new treaty places Canadian producers in a favorable position in the Australian market and spurs optimism for future trade. Automobiles newsprint timber and canned salmon gain special consideration with broader gains expected as exporters introduce more products. US exports may drop by about 25 million dollars, yet numerous opportunities for Canadian exporters suggest a large, uncertain overall impact.
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Dominion of Canada
Commonwealth of Australia
Royal Bank of Canada
United States
Banff National Park Opens Five Sulphur Springs
All season swimming at Banff in Alberta’s national park is run by the Interior Department for visitors. Five springs exist with the warmest at the Upper Spring on Sulphur Mountain and the Cave and Basin pool drawing over 54,000 visitors last season while the Upper Spring hosted about 35,000 patrons. A naturalist quips that a butterfly eats practically pathing, a line reflecting light humor amid the piece.
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Banff
Banff National Park
Alberta
Department of the Interior
National Park
Milk delivery sparks weather based quip in Charleroi
A woman complains the milk is thin and questions exposure to rain. The milkman defends it as Grade A milk. She quips for fine weather variety. A joke about matches and lighting a petrol fighter follows, linking to local humor in Charleroi.
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Sfoustiqua
Charleroi
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Wild Vice
Russia
Moustique
Charlerot
Mabel
Kitty
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
C.P.R. Electro-Motive Car
Young
Australia
Royal Bank
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